A decade later, KALEO are circling back to the record that changed everything.
The Icelandic rock band has announced a 10th anniversary deluxe edition of A/B, the album that launched them from Reykjavík’s outskirts into global rotation, anchored by the still-unavoidable “Way Down We Go.” The expanded 2LP vinyl edition arrives June 10 via Rhino Records, pairing the original track list with eight bonus recordings that trace both the band’s rise and their evolution since.
There’s a risk with anniversary releases. They can feel like placeholders. This one doesn’t.
Instead, A/B (Deluxe Edition) leans into the band’s strongest asset: atmosphere. The added material includes stripped versions, live recordings, and previously hard-to-find tracks like “Up In The Sky,” all of which reframe the original album’s weight rather than just extending it. Even “Way Down We Go,” a track that’s been streamed into near-ubiquity, gets another pass here, this time with a more exposed, skeletal arrangement.
It makes sense. That song alone has racked up billions of streams and quietly become one of the most licensed rock tracks of the last decade, surfacing everywhere from prestige TV to sports broadcasts. But its staying power has always come down to something simpler: tension. Space. The feeling that it might collapse in on itself at any moment.
The deluxe edition doubles down on that.
Alongside the reissue, KALEO are heading back on the road with a full North American run this summer. The Way Down We Go Tour kicks off June 27 in Los Angeles before winding through major markets including Red Rocks, Chicago, Nashville, and New York City. Support comes from a rotating lineup that includes Dawes, Elle King, and Darren Kiely, giving the tour a wider sonic range than a typical legacy cycle.
There’s also something more intentional happening here.
Before the tour begins, the band will headline Iceland’s Bergmál Music Festival at Thingvellir National Park, a setting that feels less like a booking and more like a reset. A return to origin before another global push.
That’s the thread running through all of this.
KALEO aren’t just reissuing A/B , they’re reframing it. Pulling the album out of its original moment and placing it alongside everything that followed, from sold-out tours to billions of streams and near-constant sync placements.
For a band that built its identity on restraint and mood rather than excess, that kind of longevity isn’t accidental.
It’s structural.
And A/B, revisited like this, still holds.
Featured image credit: Justin Pagano
